Area grapplers open wrestling season

The Constantine wrestling team placed third Saturday as they opened their season in the 16-team Galesburg Invitational.

"For a young and inexperienced team, the guys showed a lot of maturity," Falcon coach Steve Wilson said. "I was extremely pleased with their effort all day long and was very happy with our finish."

Taking first place was Decatur while Parma Western came in second. Battle Creek Lakeview finished fourth.

Winning their respective flights on Saturday were Andres Montoya at 145 pounds and Andy Waterman at 160 pounds for the Falcons.

Finishing second was Taylor Reiff at 140 pounds.

Claiming third place finishes were Jon Carpenter at 135 and Daniel Waterman at 171.

Fourth place finishers individually were Jeremiah Schrock at 125, Randy Waterman at 189 and Alex Miller at 215.

Sturgis 2-3

The Sturgis wrestling team opened their season by going 2-3 Saturday at Greenville.

The Trojans fell to Holly 22-45, Greenville 19-50 and Caledonia 31-39 but did get the best of Spring Lake 42-35 and Wyoming 43-18.

Finishing the day with unbeaten record were Dakota Smith at 125 (5-0), Austin Smith (3-0) at 135 pounds and Cole Campbell went 2-0 at 171 pounds.

Going 4-1 on the day was Luke Carver at 160 and Cole D'Haese at 215 pounds.

Finishing with 3-2 records were Alejandro Soto at 119 and Jake Stevens at 285.

Three Rivers goes 4-1

The Three Rivers wrestling team finished 4-1 on Saturday to open their season. The Cats topped Delton Kellogg 57-18, Niles-Brandywine 46-24, Lakewood 34-33 and Hopkins 51-24.

Their lone loss came to Schoolcraft 31-40.

"The Cats had a very good first outing today," head coach Pete Bachinski said. "We did a lot of things right and have a few things to work on and look forward to the future of this team going forward."

Going 5-0 on the day were Mike Vidmar at 125 pounds, Javier Sandoval at 135 and Dallas Recker at 285.

Ben Vanscoik at 130, Shawn Brew at 160 and Brandon Verway at 189 pounds all went 4-1 on the day.

Colon finishes 2-3

The Colon Magi hosted an invitational to open the season on Saturday. The hosts finished with a 2-3 record on the day.

Colon topped Pittsford 36-24 and Union City 48-24. Their losses came to Reading 22-54, Homer 36-37 and Parchment 24-36.

Daniel Alva placed first overall in his weight class at 125 pounds.

Nick Martin (189) and Kale Schumacher (215) both finished the day with 4-1 records for Colon.

White Pigeon finishes third

The White Pigeon wrestling team took third place Saturday at the Onsted Tournament.